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Planning a Carton or Full-Case Order-Fulfillment Operation
Published in David E. Mulcahy, John P. Dieltz, Order-Fulfillment and Across-the-Dock Concepts, Design, and Operations Handbook, 2003
David E. Mulcahy, John P. Dieltz
The first replenishment transaction verification method is one in which the employee mentally remembers the storage and pick positions for a SKU replenishment transaction. This method is the basic and simplest replenishment transaction verification method. The employee remembers the storage location and when there is a demand for a SKU replenishment to the pick position, the employee remembers the storage location and completes the replenishment transfer transaction. The disadvantages are low employee productivity, possible errors, low volume and few SKUs, difficulty of controlling over a large area or two shifts, difficulty of handling a FIFO product rotation, and a storage location that is not always the optimum position. The advantages are low cost and low investment.
Work Organization and Management in Mining
Published in Joel Lööw, Bo Johansson, Eira Andersson, Jan Johansson, Designing Ergonomic, Safe, and Attractive Mining Workplaces, 2018
Joel Lööw, Bo Johansson, Eira Andersson, Jan Johansson
Closely related to this discussion is the FIFO issue; many of the points made for contractors apply here too. Moreover, looking at attractiveness criteria of localization, there are additionally trade-offs to consider. Mining often takes place far away from even smaller population centres; especially where the expected life of a mine is short, it is hard to justify establishing a community. FIFO might be preferred where it facilitates better access to community, services, and so on and thus contributes to making mining work more attractive.
Predictors of mental health and fatigue among isolated oil and gas workers
Published in Safety and Reliability, 2021
Anwar S. Alroomi, Sherif Mohamed
Remote work conditions and periods of separation from family and friends were found to be the most challenging aspects of the mining industry (Rogers & Barclay, 2014). For fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) workers (chiefly in the mining industry), prior studies suggest a widening concern that employment conditions have detrimental effects on employee wellbeing. These effects include depression, anxiety, stress and sleep disorders (NSW Minerals Council, 2012; Peetz et al., 2012). The potential consequences of long-distance commuting (LDC) for FIFO workers include loneliness, depression, dissatisfaction with onsite facilities and the level of home contact, the strain on marital relationships and, importantly, fatigue, which leads to safety concerns (Biggs et al., 2016). Mckenzie et al. (2014) examined FIFO workers in Australia and found that LDC presents many challenges for workers and their families; namely, extended separation, the potential for loneliness and isolation and disruption to previous work–life balance patterns. The length of time spent in an isolated area contributes to workers’ stress levels (Cacioppo & Hawkley, 2003; House, 2001).
‘It's off to work we go!’ Person–environment fit and turnover intentions in managerial and administrative mining personnel
Published in International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2019
Mining industries are commonly described as being high-risk industries for occupational stress due to the nature of the work and the work conditions, including shift work and fly-in–fly-out (FIFO) or drive-in–drive-out (DIDO) services [9–11]. However, the impact of occupational stress in mining employees located off-site or workers employed in a professional/white-collar capacity such as mining engineers, safety advisors, plant managers and/or mining surveyors have received scant research attention. Professional or white-collar mining personnel are responsible for the ongoing strategic planning and safety of miners as well as the sustainability of the organization [12]. Although their role is less physically challenging compared to operational miners, professional mining personnel typically report conflicting job priorities of production and safety which commonly contribute to chronic experiences of occupational stress [13]. This study seeks to assess the impact of occupational stress on work engagement, wellbeing and turnover intentions, experienced by professional mining personnel, through the lens of P–E fit theory.
Mobile labour: an introduction
Published in Mobilities, 2021
Cristiana Bastos, Andre Novoa, Noel B. Salazar
Gertrude Saxinger’s article brings to light a fascinating account of labour life in the Arctic. Saxinger pledges herself to a fieldwork immersion in two extractive-industry (mining, oil, and gas extraction) sites in Russia and Canada, where labourers work in a FIFO system (fly in, fly out), or have rotational posts, or are subject to long distance commuting. She provides a rich ethnographic account on how these labourers go about, create daily routines in these bare and isolated camps, and produce meaningful sociality. Saxinger shows how these contexts of laser-focused labour and high-mobility are still rife with elements of segregation, namely in terms of gender inequalities and in the interaction between settlers and indigenous communities.